Capt. Brian Quin, commanding officer of Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Essex, lights off the ship?s boiler Nov. 16, 2015. (Liam Kennedy/U.S. Navy)

Sailors direct an EA-18G Growler, assigned to the ?Patriots? of Electronic Attack Squadron 140, on the flight deck of aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman Nov. 16, 2015. (L. A. Preston/U.S. Navy)

Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Sean Furey, assigned to Expeditionary Combat Camera, conducts underwater photo training off the coast of Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Nov. 16, 2015. (Blake Midnight/U.S. Navy)

An MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter lands on the flight deck of guided-missile destroyer USS Bulkeley Nov. 17, 2015. (M. J. Lieberknecht/U.S. Navy)

Sailors assigned to the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Chancellorsville fire an L131 pencil flare on the starboard bridge-wing of the ship during a fare exercise as part of Annual Exercise 16 on Nov. 17, 2015. (Raymond D. Diaz III/U.S. Navy)

An MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter to the "Black Knights" of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 4 prepares to land on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George Washington on Nov. 17, 2015. (Paul L. Archer/U.S. Navy)

Sailors from deck department man an underway replenishment station onboard aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman during a replenishment-at-sea with fleet replenishment oiler USNS John Lenthall Nov. 17, 2015. (J. M. Tolbert/U.S. Navy)

USS Carney Commanding Officer Cmdr. Kenneth Pickard renders passing honors to the French frigate Jean de Vienne on Nov. 18, 2015. (Galen Draper/U.S. Navy)

An AV-8B Harrier assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 162, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, launches from the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge to conduct its first missions over Iraq in support of Operation Inherent Resolve on Nov. 19, 2015. (Ryre Arciaga/U.S. Navy)